Convergences: Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection

July 8–October 19, 2014, The Getty Center

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The Getty Museum's ever-growing collection of photographs celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. This exhibition gives viewers the opportunity to see new additions that reveal points of intersection with works already owned by the Museum.

Convergences is inspired by the book of essays, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences, in which author Lawrence Weschler explores visual associations between images of wide-ranging content and uncovers “uncanny moments of convergence…”

By juxtaposing contemporary and historical photographs, this exhibition proposes convergences between disparate works. Whether related by direct influence or visual affinities of a more tenuous nature, these groupings reveal the rich diversity of approaches to subjects that have engaged photographers for more than a century, while underscoring a sense of continuity throughout the history of the medium.

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Lecture

Lawrence Weschler, author of Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences, which provides the conceptual backdrop to the exhibition Convergences: Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection, presents his theory of visual relationships. Following this presentation, he joins curator Virginia Heckert and photographers Vera Lutter and Scott McFarland to discuss photographic convergences.

Mobile Tour

Free GettyGuide® Multimedia Player

Listen as contemporary artists and curator Virginia Heckert comment on the dialogue between past and present in the history of photography. Pick up a multimedia player free of charge in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Press Kit

Includes the complete object checklist and a selection of downloadable images.